The man who arrives young believes that he exercises his will because his star is shining. The man who only asserts himself at thi...rty has a balanced idea of what will power and fate have each contributed, the one who gets there at forty is liable to put the emphasis on will alone.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The dying man doesn't struggle much and he isn't much afraid. As his alkalies give out he succumbs to a blest stupidity. His mind ...fogs. His will power vanishes. He submits decently. He scarcely gives a damn.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
...no matter what happened, no one could take our heritage away from us. This heritage meant that we had strong bodies, pride, and... will power. We could never get so poor that we couldn't work our way out. Through droughts, floods, and tornadoes we could stick and work.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
They that have power to hurt and will do none, That do not do the thing they most do show,... Who, moving others, are themselves as stone, Unmoved, cold, and to temptation slow-- They rightly do inherit heaven's graces And husband nature's riches from expense; They are the lords and owners of their faces, Others but stewards of their excellence. The summer's flower is to the summer sweet, Though to itself it only live and die; But if that flower with base infection meet, The basest weed outbraves his dignity: For sweetest things turn sourest by their deeds; Lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I am aghast to find myself in such a position of power over two other people. Their father and I have them in thrall simply by hav...ing produced them. We have the power to make them feel good or bad about themselves, which is the greatest power in the world. Ours will not be the only influence, but it is the earliest, the most ubiquitous, and potentially the most pernicious. Lovers and friends will make them blossom and bleed, but they may move on to other lovers and friends. We are the only parents they will have.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
There is a hate layer of opinion and emotion in America. There will be other McCarthys to come who will be hailed as its heroes.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »